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-C.` FULTON. y

Stove Grate.

Patented April 27, 1869.

UNITED STATEs CALVIN FULTON, OE ROCHESTER, NEW YORK, AssIeNoR To NORMANE.

yPATENT OFFICE.

GALUSHA, 0F SAME PLACE.

STOVE-G-RATE.

rSipecjication forming part of Letters Patent No. 89,304, dated April27, 1869.

To all 'whom it may concern: i Be it known that I, CALVIN FULTON, of

`the city ot Rochester, county ot1 Monroe, and

State of- New York, (assignor to Norman H.

' Galusha, of same place,) have invented afcertain new and usefulImprovement in Stove- Grates; and I do hereby declare that the kgrateproper with a circular supporting-ring in such a manner as to be capableof dump' ing, and yet leave space above its sunken level for theinsertion ot' a poker, horizontally, between the grate and ring forcleaning out clinkers, &c.

In the drawings, A indicates the grate proper,

and B the supporting-rin g. The grate proper is ot' usual form, being askeleton disk with bearings a a set a little back from the center tobring the preponderance on one side to prevent accidental dumping. Therim is simply a circular rim resting on suitable bearings in the stoveto be shaken or vibrated laterally. It is provided with depending sidebearers b b to receive the journals a a, a similar stop, c, to hold thegrate fromdumping, anda socket, d, to receive the shaking-iron.'

-The feature of novelty in this case is the special arrangement of thevibrating ring and grate, whereby a space, f, is left between for thehorizontal insertion of a poker through from side to side to removeclinkers, the said ring and grate being atv the same time separate andindependent, the former vibrating laterally to shake the ashes, and thelatter `turning on its journals to dump the coal.

I am aware that the grate and ring in basket form have before been castin one piece,

but such is not the equivalent ot my invention; neither are the partscast separately the These -features ot' the space for removalofcliukers,'the lateral shaking ol' the ashes, and the vertical dumpingof the coal by the employment of the sepa-rate grate and ring, vIbelieve to be original with myself.

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent,is-

The arrangement of the independent grate A and ring B, as hereindescribed, the grate being sunken and restingin lugs b b, so as to leavea space,.f, and havingan independent -dumping action, as set forth.

' In witness whereof I have lhereunto signed my name in the presence oftwo subscribing witnesses.

C. FULTON.-

Witnesses R. F. Oseoon, GEO. W. MIATT.

